She also revealed that the co-hosts will meet for the first time this week. “To me, it’s shockingly late in the game,” said O’Donnell.

O’Donnell, who signed a one-year deal, says if things go well she’d be open to staying longer. “I don’t think I care so much about how I’m perceived,” she said. The mother of five later added, “I don’t think it’s going to affect me the way that it did before. But who knows? Let’s see how controversial it becomes.”